Identification of recently downloaded content

• US 9,430,120 B2
• Filed: 03/14/2013
• Issued: 08/30/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Cranfill, Elizabeth C., Forstall, Scott
• Primary Examiner(s): Ng, Amy
• Assistant Examiner(s): SILVERMAN, SETH ADAM
• Application Number:
  US13/830,297
• Publication Number:
  US 20130332886A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,265 Days
• Field of Search: 715/705, 715/708, 715/715, 715/765, 715/768, 715/810, 715/815, 715/821, 715/835, 715/864
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0416 Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus

Abstract

Techniques for identifying recently installed applications on a portable electronic device facilitating locating newly installed applications on a mobile device are disclosed. A visual indicator may be displayed on an icon associated with an application that was recently installed on the portable electronic device. The visual indicator may be removed after a user has interacted with the application in some meaningful way. One or more applications are selected in an application store session for installation on a portable electronic device. After a selection of one or more applications, the application store session continues, and other applications may be selected, until an exit instruction is received. Upon the exit instruction, a home screen page containing at least one of the new applications is displayed.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

at a portable electronic device with one or more input devices and a display;

displaying, on a first page of a plurality of pages of a home screen on the display, a first set of icons that correspond to applications installed on the portable electronic device;

receiving a request, via the one or more input devices, to open an application store;

in response to receiving the request to open the application store;

ceasing to display the first page of the home screen on the display; and

displaying, on the display, an application store user interface that includes representations of a plurality of applications available for installation;

while displaying the application store user interface on the display;

receiving, via the one or more input devices, a first input that corresponds to a request to download a first application of the plurality of applications available for installation;

in response to receiving the first input, installing the first application while maintaining display of the application store user interface;

after receiving the first input, while maintaining display of the application store user interface on the display, receiving, via the one or more input devices, a second input that corresponds to a request to download a second application of the plurality of applications available for installation; and

,

in response to receiving the second input, installing the second application while maintaining display of the application store user interface;

after receiving the second input, while maintaining display of the application store user interface on the display, receiving an exit instruction, distinct from the first and second inputs, from a user of the portable electronic device via the one or more input devices; and

in response to receiving the exit instruction from the user of the portable electronic device;

displaying, on the display, a second page with a second set of icons that corresponds to applications installed on the portable electronic device, wherein the second page is selected so as to include at least one of;

(i) an icon that corresponds to the first application that was installed while maintaining display of the application store user interface and/or (ii) an icon that corresponds to the second application that was installed while maintaining display of the application store user interface.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein each page of the plurality of pages of the home screen is associated with a page indicator dot, and the method includes:

modifying the page indicator dot for the second page to indicate that the second page includes an icon for a recently installed application.

3. The method of claim 1, including:

placing the icon that corresponds to the first application on a new application page of the plurality of pages of the home screen that only contains icons that correspond to recently installed applications.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the second page is the new application page.

5. The method of claim 1, including:

automatically placing the icon that corresponds to the first application in a folder.

6. The method of claim 5, including:

displaying a visual indicator that identifies recently installed applications with a number that corresponds to recently installed applications contained within the folder.

7. The method of claim 1, including:

before displaying the second page, automatically, without user input, placing the icon that corresponds to the first application on the second page in accordance with a parameter associated with the first application.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the parameter associated with the first application is (i) a popularity rating for the first application, (ii) an indication as to whether the first application has time-sensitive content, (iii) an indication as to whether the first application requires a data connection for the portable electronic device, or (iv) an indication as to whether content associated with the first application is based on a current location of the portable electronic device.

9. The method of claim 1, including:

before displaying the second page, in accordance with a determination that the plurality of pages of the home screen are ordered chronologically based on when applications were installed on the portable electronic device, positioning the icon that corresponds to the first application in appropriate chronological order, relative to other icons on the plurality of pages of the home screen, on the second page.

10. A portable electronic device, comprising:

one or more processors;

one or more input devices;

a display;

memory; and

one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for;

displaying, on a first page of a plurality of pages of a home screen on the display, a first set of icons that correspond to applications installed on the portable electronic device;

receiving a request, via the one or more input devices, to open an application store;

in response to receiving the request to open the application store;

ceasing to display the first page of the home screen on the display; and

displaying, on the display, an application store user interface that includes representations of a plurality of applications available for installation;

while displaying the application store user interface on the display;

receiving, via the one or more input devices, a first input that corresponds to a request to download a first application of the plurality of applications available for installation;

in response to receiving the first input, installing the first application while maintaining display of the application store user interface;

after receiving the first input, while maintaining display of the application store user interface on the display, receiving, via the one or more input devices, a second input that corresponds to a request to download a second application of the plurality of applications available for installation; and

,

in response to receiving the second input, installing the second application while maintaining display of the application store user interface;

after receiving the second input, while maintaining display of the application store user interface on the display, receiving an exit instruction, distinct from the first and second inputs, from a user of the portable electronic device via the one or more input devices; and

in response to receiving the exit instruction from the user of the portable electronic device;

displaying, on the display, a second page with a second set of icons that corresponds to applications installed on the portable electronic device, wherein the second page is selected so as to include at least one of;

(i) an icon that corresponds to the first application that was installed while maintaining display of the application store user interface and/or (ii) an icon that corresponds to the second application that was installed while maintaining display of the application store user interface.

11. The portable electronic device of claim 10, wherein each page of the plurality of pages of the home screen is associated with a page indicator dot, and the one or more programs include instructions for:

modifying the page indicator dot for the second page to indicate that the second page includes an icon for a recently installed application.

12. The portable electronic device of claim 10, the one or more programs including instructions for:

placing the icon that corresponds to the first application on a new application page of the plurality of pages of the home screen that only contains icons that correspond to recently installed applications.

13. The portable electronic device of claim 12, wherein the second page is the new application page.

14. The portable electronic device of claim 10, the one or more programs including instructions for:

automatically placing the icon that corresponds to the first application in a folder.

15. The portable electronic device of claim 14, the one or more programs including instructions for:

displaying a visual indicator that identifies recently installed applications with a number that corresponds to recently installed applications contained within the folder.

16. The portable electronic device of claim 10, including instructions for:

before displaying the second page, automatically, without user input, placing the icon that corresponds to the first application on the second page in accordance with a parameter associated with the first application.

17. The portable electronic device of claim 16, wherein the parameter associated with the first application is (i) a popularity rating for the first application, (ii) an indication as to whether the first application has time-sensitive content, (iii) an indication as to whether the first application requires a data connection for the portable electronic device, or (iv) an indication as to whether content associated with the first application is based on a current location of the portable electronic device.

18. The portable electronic device of claim 10, including instructions for:

before displaying the second page, in accordance with a determination that the plurality of pages of the home screen are ordered chronologically based on when applications were installed on the portable electronic device, positioning the icon that corresponds to the first application in appropriate chronological order, relative to other icons on the plurality of pages of the home screen, on the second page.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions which, when executed by a portable electronic device with one or more input devices and a display, cause the portable electronic device to:

display, on a first page of a plurality of pages of a home screen on the display, a first set of icons that correspond to applications installed on the portable electronic device;

receive a request, via the one or more input devices, to open an application store;

in response to receiving the request to open the application store;

cease to display the first page of the home screen on the display; and

display, on the display, an application store user interface that includes representations of a plurality of applications available for installation;

while displaying the application store user interface on the display;

receive, via the one or more input devices, a first input that corresponds to a request to download a first application of the plurality of applications available for installation;

in response to receiving the first input, install the first application while maintaining display of the application store user interface;

after receiving the first input, while maintaining display of the application store user interface on the display, receive, via the one or more input devices, a second input that corresponds to a request to download a second application of the plurality of applications available for installation; and

,

in response to receiving the second input, install the second application while maintaining display of the application store user interface;

after receiving the second input, while maintaining display of the application store user interface on the display, receive an exit instruction, distinct from the first and second inputs, from a user of the portable electronic device via the one or more input devices; and

in response to receiving the exit instruction from the user of the portable electronic device;

display, on the display, a second page with a second set of icons that corresponds to applications installed on the portable electronic device, wherein the second page is selected so as to include at least one of;

(i) an icon that corresponds to the first application that was installed while maintaining display of the application store user interface and/or (ii) an icon that corresponds to the second application that was installed while maintaining display of the application store user interface.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein each page of the plurality of pages of the home screen is associated with a page indicator dot, and the one or more programs include instructions which, when executed by the portable electronic device, cause the portable electronic device to:

modify the page indicator dot for the second page to indicate that the second page includes an icon for a recently installed application.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 19, the one or more programs including instructions which, when executed by the portable electronic device, cause the portable electronic device to:

place the icon that corresponds to the first application on a new application page of the plurality of pages of the home screen that only contains icons that correspond to recently installed applications.

22. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 21, wherein the second page is the new application page.

23. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 19, the one or more programs including instructions which, when executed by the portable electronic device, cause the portable electronic device to:

automatically place the icon that corresponds to the first application in a folder.

24. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 23, the one or more programs including instructions which, when executed by the portable electronic device, cause the portable electronic device to:

display a visual indicator that identifies recently installed applications with a number that corresponds to recently installed applications contained within the folder.

25. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 19, the one or more programs including instructions which, when executed by the portable electronic device, cause the portable electronic device to:

before displaying the second page, automatically, without user input, place the icon that corresponds to the first application on the second page in accordance with a parameter associated with the first application.

26. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 25, wherein the parameter associated with the first application is (i) a popularity rating for the first application, (ii) an indication as to whether the first application has time-sensitive content, (iii) an indication as to whether the first application requires a data connection for the portable electronic device, or (iv) an indication as to whether content associated with the first application is based on a current location of the portable electronic device.

27. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 19, the one or more programs including instructions which, when executed by the portable electronic device, cause the portable electronic device to:

before displaying the second page, in accordance with a determination that the plurality of pages of the home screen are ordered chronologically based on when applications were installed on the portable electronic device, position the icon that corresponds to the first application in appropriate chronological order, relative to other icons on the plurality of pages of the home screen, on the second page.